[ree-in-fawrs-muh nt, -fohrs-] /ˌri ɪnˈfɔrs mənt, -ˈfoʊrs-/noun 1. the act of reinforcing. 2. the state of being reinforced. 3. something that reinforces or strengthens. 4. Often, reinforcements. an additional supply of personnel, ships, aircraft, etc., for a military force. 5. a system of steel bars, strands, wires, or mesh for absorbing the tensile and shearing stresses in concrete work. 6. Psychology.

a procedure, as a reward or punishment, that alters a response to a stimulus. the act of reinforcing a response.

reinforcement re·in·force·ment (rē’ĭn-fôrs’mənt) n.

The act or process of reinforcing.

Something that reinforces.

The occurrence or experimental introduction of an unconditioned stimulus along with a conditioned stimulus.

The strengthening of a conditioned response by such means.

An event, a circumstance, or a condition that increases the likelihood that a given response will recur in a situation like that in which the reinforcing condition originally occurred.

[ree-in-fawrs-muh nt, -fohrs-] /ˌri ɪnˈfɔrs mənt, -ˈfoʊrs-/ noun 1. the act of reinforcing. 2. the state of being reinforced. 3. something that reinforces or strengthens. 4. Often, reinforcements. an additional supply of personnel, ships, aircraft, etc., for a military force. 5. a system of steel bars, strands, wires, or mesh for absorbing the tensile and […]

verb (used with object), reinforced, reinforcing. 1. to strengthen with some added piece, support, or material: to reinforce a wall. 2. to strengthen (a military force) with additional personnel, ships, or aircraft: to reinforce a garrison. 3. to strengthen; make more forcible or effective: to reinforce efforts. 4. to augment; increase: to reinforce a supply. […]

verb (used with object) 1. to take, as food, into the body (opposed to egest). 2. Aeronautics. to draw (foreign matter) into the inlet of a jet engine, often causing damage to the engine. verb (transitive) 1. to take (food or liquid) into the body 2. (of a jet engine) to suck in (an object, […]

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